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[On the letterhead of the YMCA "On Active Service with the British Expeditionary Force".]13/8/17France
My Darling MotherI hope you have recieved my last seven or eight letters. You will be sorry to hear that I have been troubled with my tonsils the last five days. You remember the attack I had about five years ago This was just the same and lasted four days. You can imagine how pleased I was when it broke. What a relief I am very pleased to say it is all over now, and I feel tip top. I will be back with the Battalion within a few days. I am feeling first class.I hope you are all well at home, and that Dorothy & Sid have settled down. Everything is going on Satisfactory over this way. It is now over three years since I joined. I did not think we would still be away. I expect there are plenty of 19th men returned to Australia.Remember me kindly to all my friends.I hope your leg is not troubling you at all Father.Hoping you are all enjoying the best of healthLove & kissesYour loving SonTom.
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